Action toy savings bank



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ACTION TOY SAVINGS BANK 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed May 1, 1957 INVENTORS sum/v BEAZ/PCK J0 60V @[AZAC firw W United States Patent ACTION TOY SAVINGS BANK Steven Berzack, 737 E. Elza, Hazel Park, Mich, and John Berzac, 20536 Cedar, St. Clair Shores, Mich.

Filed May 1, 1957, Ser. No. 656,381

2 Claims. (Cl. 46-4) This invention relates to a toy coin savings bank and, more particularly, to a bank of this type which is adapted to be disposed in a vertical position and which is provided with a means for impelling a vertically disposed coin thereinto.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a novel and improved toy coin savings bank which simulates in appearance a rocket disposed in a vertical position and which is provided with an impeller mounted on one side thereof which is spring powered and adapted to impel a coin from a vertically disposed coin holder into the head of the rocket upon manual operation of the impeller by the operator.

It is another object of this invention to provide an action toy savings bank which is pleasing and attractive to children and which will function not only as a toy but as a means to encourage children to save money while providing amusement.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a toy coin savings bank which is simple and compact in construction, economical of manufacture and which is easy for children to operate.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a rocket shaped coin savings bank which may be made from any suitable materials, as metal or plastics, and which may be colored as desired and used as a novelty sales promotion or giveaway item for stores, banks and the like.

Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts of the several views.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a bank made in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig.4 is a perspective view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevational view similar to Fig. l, with parts broken away and parts in section and showing the impeller mechanism of the bank in a cocked position ready for impelling a coin into the bank;

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5 and showing the impeller mechanism in the uncocked position and a coin entering the bank;

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 5, taken along the line 7-7 thereof, and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 6, taken along the line 8-8 thereof, and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the impeller mechanism in a cocked position;

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Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 and showing the impeller mechanism in the uncocked position;

Fig. 11 is a horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 5, taken along the line 11-41 thereof, and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 5, taken along the line 12-42 thereof, and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary enlarged horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 5, taken along the line 13-13 thereof, and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 14 is an enlarged fragmentary view similar to Fig. 9 and showing a modified coin impeller means in a cocked position; and V Fig. 15 is a view similar to that of Fig. 14 and showing the modified impeller means in an uncocked position.

Referring now to the drawings and, in particular to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 wherein is shown a bank made in accordance with the principles of the invention, the numeral 20 indicates generally the hollow body portion of the bank which is shaped like a rocket and on which is integrally formed the hollow concially shaped head or dome, generally indicated by the numeral 21. The body 20 comprises the right and left portions 22 and 23, respectively. The head 21 comprises the right and left portions 24 and 25, respectively. The right body portion 22 is integral with the right head portion 24 and the left body portion 23 is integral with the left head portion 25.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the rocket shaped bank includes a needle shaped pointed nose, generally indicated by the numeral 26, and which is preferably made from a flexible material for safety purposes, as rubber or the like. The rear end 27 of the nose 26 is flared outwardly and is adapted to seat on the flat front end 28 of the head 21. An integral reduced stub shaft 29 is formed on the rear end of the nose 26 and is adapted to extend into the aperture 30 formed in the upper end of the head 21. The

front ends of the divided head portions 24 and 25 are fixedly secured together by any suitable means, as by the screw 31. The reduced stub shaft 29 of the nose 26 is fixedly clamped in place when the screw 31 is tightened.

As shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 7, a coin receiving slot or aperture, generally indicated by the numeral 32, is formed in the lower horizontal end face 21a of the head 21. The upper edges 33 of the coin aperture 32 in each of the head portions 24 and 25 taper or diverge outwardly and these tapered edges function to guide a coin as 34 through the aperture 32 and into the hollow head 21, as more fully explained hereinafter.

As best seen in Figs. 4 and 8, the lower ends of the body portions 22 and 23 are each formed with an integral half ring portion and these portions extend or protrude outwardly and are generally indicated by the numerals 35 and 36, respectively. As best seen in Fig. 8, the half ring 35 is provided with the fixedly mounted fins 37, 39 and 4t) and the half ring 36 is provided with the fixedly mounted fin 38. These fins are evenly circumferentially disposed around the body 20. The integral half ring portions 35 and 36 are each provided with two outwardly extended integral arms 41 and 42 which are adapted to abut the fins 39 and 40 on the half ring portion 35. The lower end of the body portions 22 and 23 are fixedly secured together by the screws 43 and 44 which are threadably mounted through the fins 39 and 40, respectively, and into the integral arms 41 and 42.

The lower end of the hollow bank body 20 is open and is adapted to be closed by the detachably mounted cover 45 which is provided on the outer side thereof with the integral outwardly extended simulated exhaust tubes 46. The cover 45 is releasably mounted on the body 20 ass-7,272;

by means of a conventional lock means, generally indicated by the numeral 47, and which is fixedly mounted 9n; inside of the-cover, 45.,rThe lock means functionsin'themsdal manner and releasa'hly secures the se i pl fn eau o th pr n b ased fing 4 the movable fingers49 and 50. which are adapted to operatively' engage the annular lip 51 integrally. formed on the. body 201011 the inside thereof. The usual key (not shown) is adapted to be inserted into the key slot 52iwhreby" the. lock'finger's 49 and 50 may be manually detachedfrom the annular lip 51 and the cover 45 removed so that coins may be removed from the bank.

"The. Coin impeller means for impelling coins. as 34 through the, coin slot 32, and into the bank is constructed and arranged in" the following described manner. As best seen in-Figs. 5, 6 and 12, a centrally disposed slot 53fis.fo'r'ined in the body portion 20, The slot 53. is partially'fonned in each of the body portions 22 and 23 as clearly shown in. Fig. 12.- An impeller or striker 54 is slidably. mounted in. a centrally disposed. longitudinally extended, slot 53 and is retained in this slot by means of the integral; retainer flanges, generally indicated by the n meralss; which extend-the length 'of the slot 53. As 'shown'in Figs. 5 andfi, the impeller or striker 54 is adapted. tolac/normally biased upwardly by means of tlifco'il spring 56': The rear. end of the spring is adapted to'abut the outwardly extended finger 57 on the cocking mechanismfl60 and the front end of thespring abuts the Striker 54 and, normally biases it into engagement with the. front 1end'58 of the slot 53. A second centrally disposed longitudinally extended slot 59 is formed in the body portion 20 belowthe slot 53. The slot 59 is narrowerthan. the, slot 53, and one-half of the slot 59 is formed, injeachof the body portions 22 and 23. A cockmechanism, generally indicated by the numeral 60, isjadapted'to be. hingedly'fdisposed in the slot 59, by offthe pin 61 which is rotatably mounted in the hole '62 which is formedinthe body portion 23, as shown in fFig. 13. Thecocking mechanism 6} is provided with atrig ger or release member, generally indicated by the numeral 63, which is adaptedto. be slidably mounted in the aperture 63b formed in the body. 20 at a point below the slot' 53. The. trigger v6 3..iucludes the support member 64 which is integrally connected to the cocking member 60." Mounted. on the member '64 is a figure 65 shaped like the headof a man, and this figure is enclosed by a' clear transparent plastic dome 66., A cocking finger 60a" is integrally formed on the upper end of the cooking member 60. and-is adapted torengage the upper end of the striker 54 and hold it in a cockedposition. against the [pressure of the spring, 56, as shown in Fig; 51' The outerfface of the finger 60a is curved so thaitthe striker 54 may be easily moved downwardly against the pressure of the spring 56 and over the curved outer face of the finger 60a whereby thespring pressure will pivot the cocking member60 in a counter clockwise direction about the pin.61, as viewed in Fig. 6. When the striker 64 passes over thefinger 60a, this finger will move outwardly due to .the pressure of the'spring on the finger 57, and the striker will be locked in a cocked position. Fig. 5 shows the'striker locked in a cocked position and Fig. 6shows the striker in an uncocked or released position. The striker may be released to impel the coin 34 through the slot 32 by pressing inwardly on the trigger 63 which action moves the finger 60a inw'ardly to the position shown in Fig. 6 and the striker is then impelled upwardly by the spring 56 so as to strike the coin 34 and actuate it or impel it through the coin slot 32.. p

As best seen in Figs. 5, 9 and 10, a coin holder or coin rest is fixedly mounted on the side of the body 20 at a point approximately midway of the slot 53 and comprises the quarter-arc shaped block portions 67 and 68 which are disposed on, opposite sides of the slot 53. The are shaped block coin holder portions 67 and 68 are fixedly secured to the body portions 22 and 23 by means of the g screws 69 and 70, respectively. It will be obvious, however, that the coin holder portions 67 and 68 may be formed integral with the body portions 22 and 23. The coin holder portions 67 and 68 include the outwardly extended integral walls 71 and 72 along the outer edges thereof and the vertically disposed integral walls 73 and 74 integrally mounted on the outer edges of the walls 71 and 72, respectively. The walls 71, and 73 terminate at the point 75 adjacent one of the flanges and the walls 72 and 74 terminate at the point marked 76 adjacent the other flange 55. The walls 73 and 74 extend upwardly from the walls 71 and 72 to form a pair of lips which are adapted toenclose a coin as 34, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9.

In use, the bank illustrated in the drawings would be disposed with its longitudinal axis in the vertical plane with the bank resting on the lower edges of theflns 37, 38, 39 and 40, as shown in Fig. 9. Thestriker 54 would bemanually pressed-downwardly until the cooking finger a engaged the striker to hold it in the cocked position, as shown in Fig. 5. A coin as 34 would be mounted in the coin holder and the trigger 63.would thenbe pressed inwardly. The striker or impeller 54 when released by the trigger 63 is moved. upwardly and into engagement with the coin 34 and the coin 34 will be struck and impelled' upwardly and through the coin slot 32 and into the hollow head 21. I 7 7 The coin. then falls down into the hollow body 20 and the coins so impelled into the bank may be removed by taking oft the lower. cover. 45. inthe manner described hereinbefore. A bank as shown in the drawings may be provided with a eoin holder large enoughto hold coins as. pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters. It will be understood thata bank of this type could be made large enough-to hol d coin.s larger than a quarterif so desired. 'Ex'perience has shown that a toy coin bank made in accordance with the invention will provide en} tertainment for chlidren while at the same time encouraging them to save money.

As shown in Figs. 14 and 15, a modified coin holder may be provided for the bank made in accordance with principles of the invention. Ther modified coin holder includes a pair of vertically disposed arcuate shaped plates 77 and 78 which would be 'slidably mounted on the opposite sides of the slot 53a. The parts of the bank which are similar to the first embodiment hereinbefore described are. marked with corresponding numerals followed by the small letter a.. The plates 77 and 78 are provided with the integral outwardly extended arcuate Walls 79 and 80 along the lower edges thereof and these walls are adapted. to be fixedly connected to the front end of the impeller or striker 54a.. An arcuate vertical wall 81 is integrally for-med on the outer edge of the wall 79 and a similar arcuate wall .82 is formed on the outer edge of the wall 80. The walls 81 and 82 preferably terminate adjacent the striker 5411 as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. The flanges 55a are provided with upwardly directed integral extensions as 83 and these extensions are embraced by the inner edges of the coin holderplates 77 and 78 when the impeller mechanism 54:; is in the uncooked positionpas shown in Fig. 15; In use, the modification of -Figs. l4 and-l5 would function similarly to the first embodiment described hereinbefo're. The impeller 54a would be moved downwardly P to the cocked position, as shown in Fig. 14, and a coin as 34 would be mounted in the coin holder inside of the lip forming plates 81 and 82. The coin may then be impelled through the coin slot 32 and into the head portion 21 by pressing the trigger 63a inwardly whereby the coin will be impelled upwardly and through. the

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While it will be apparent that the preferred embodiments. of the. invention. herein disclosed arewellcalculated to fulfill thebbjects .abovestated, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible to modifica- 5 tion, variation and change without departing from the proper scope or fair meaning of the subjoined claims.

What we claim is:

1. A toy savings bank comprising: an elongated hollow body open at each end thereof; a plurality of fins fixedly mounted on the lower end of said body and being evenly circumferentially spaced around said body and adapted to support the same with the longitudinal axis of the body in a vertical position; a cover detachably mounted on the lower end of said hollow body; a hollow head on the upper end of said body with the hollow interiors of said body and head being in communication with each other; said head having a horizontal wall on the lower end thereof extending outwardly beyond the outer surface of said body; a coin slot in said horizontal wall communicating with the interior of said head; a longitudinally extended slot formed in said body below and in alignment with said coin slot; a coin holder on said body adapted to hold a coin in vertical alignment with said longitudinal slot; and, a spring operated impelling means slidably mounted in said longitudinal slot and adapted to coact with said coin holder for impelling a coin from said coin holder vertically upwardly and through said coin slot and into said head.

2. The invention as set forth in claim 1, wherein: said impelling means includes a cocking lever hingedly mounted in said body below said longitudinal slot; said cocking lever being adapted to hold the impelling means in a cocked position against the spring when it is in a compressed condition; and, a trigger connected to said cocking lever for manually releasing said impelling means from said cocked position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 844,910 Bailey Feb. 19, 1907 1,658,378 Hensel Feb. 7, 1928 2,372,388 Munroe Mar. 27, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS 622,771 Great Britain May 6, 1949 679,863 Great Britain Sept. 24, 1952 

